Shopkeeper Perpetina Lourdusamy, 56, with counterfeit banknotes in her store on County Road. (Image: Liverpool Echo)

Liverpool’s County Road is awash with counterfeit notes as local businesses struggle to spot convincing fakes. Multiple businesses on the north Liverpool high street and the surrounding area have reported customers attempting to use counterfeit cash in recent weeks as they count the cost of lost merchandise.

The ECHO has seen several Liverpool-based social media accounts offering fake bank notes for sale on platforms such as Instagram , Telegram, and Whatsapp. When the ECHO visited, Perpetina Lourdusamy, 56, stands behind the till at the Go Local on County Road .

Two convincing counterfeit £20 notes were taped above the bottles of vodka and Martini. The shop too

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